The Crime of Being

by Alice Lichtenstein

Book Overview

On a Good Friday in a picturesque village in Upstate New York, the spring weather is unusually warm and school is closed. It's an ideal day for tanning and partying in the park until Shawnee Padrushky, age 17, drives up in his dad's new pick-up and comes out shooting with one victim in mind--Gunther Smith--the only black student in Shawnee's class, the adopted son of white parents.

The Crime of Being explores the effects of a racial incident--how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0998490695
• ISBN13: 9780998490694
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Upper Hand Press LLC
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"